New idea on Alex Smith

It's been assumed for the past few weeks that the San Francisco 49ers will be moving Alex Smith somewhere else for 2013, and with many QB-needy teams around the league, there would figure to be a market for a player that was as effective as the Utah product over the past two seasons. Nevertheless, ESPN's Chris Mortensen reported this week that the market may not be as strong as earlier thought, based upon the financial aspects of employing Smith, as well as the idea that the Niners wouldn't necessarily want to trade him to a division rival in Arizona.

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